On 7 June 2016, a prize in honour of art historian Max J. Friedländer was awarded for the second time by the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Funded by the Berlin arts patron Christoph Müller, the prize comes with a monetary award of 15,000 euros. The 2016 awardee is art historian, journalist, publisher, essayist, author and art dealer Florian Illies.